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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by yohui on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:03PM (#10314241)
Google does not take a 30% cut of all content sold through apps on Google Play. On Android, the in-app purchase rule only applies to content that can only be consumed via apps (so not Netflix, Amazon, etc.).

And even on iOS, Amazon still has video apps, they just don't allow you to buy or rent directly within the app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/amazon-video/id545519333

There's nothing stopping Amazon from supporting Apple TV or Chromecast, except itself.

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Re:Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Dev... by ucsdrake on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:13PM (#10314308)
Exactly. To build on your point, take Amazon's kindle app, available for both android and ios. With Apple devices you can't purchase any content within the app, but at least you can read what you've already purchased from Amazon through other means. They could do something similar with Amazon video.
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